Hi,
Through my efforts to find a way around the problem, I tried to
re-install mdk 8.0 several times. The last time I re-installed mdk linux
8.0 I used w*ndo*s NT, that happened to be on another hard disk on the
same machine, to delete all the linux partitions and not just the /
partition and the /usr partition. At that stage the hard disk dedicated
to Linux was empty and had no partitions. I did nothing to the first
disk because I was assuming that all of linux was on the second disk
dedicated to it. All of the linux that was on the first disk was the
LILO, or so I thought. I have had to re-install several times and I
always told install to use the second hard disk for linux. I always used
"expert" to define and select partitions on the second hard disk.
When I was installing mdk 8.0 the last time, all the install went
smoothly except the following:
1) MKD install asked me to select from the D*S partition or the NT
partition to format. I was surprised about that because those were
already formatted with FAT16 and NTFS. I never had this selection in my
countless previous re-installs.
2) I was not asked to give the IP of the DNS! I was waiting for this pop
up menu because the DNS was what I had problems with to begin with.
3) I found that mdk used the same DNS IP I mistakenly gave it the first
time I installed it! But, where did it come from? I had all the previous
Linux partitions deleted and new ones created. The mdk must be reading
this incorrect DNS IP from the NT or D*S partitions all the time! I
never told it to install anything in those!
Can someone please tell me what is going on? Where is the resolver file?
I would like to edit it once and for all. I always had the file
/etc/resolv.conf and it was always on the Linux hard drive. This file
always had the same DNS IP address no matter what I did in all of the
re-installs. I have had to edit it every time after re-installed or
re-booted.
Thanx,
Seedkum
